• Auli@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    Is this really ADHD. I might have to get tested. Everything people are posting here sounds like me.

    • callcc@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      I often wonder as well. Then I think: is this not just the human condition. In any case I seem to score pretty high on those online questionnaires.

      • ricecake@sh.itjust.works
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        5 months ago

        It’s a matter of scale, not a binary.

        Having a thing that you need to do but just “don’t” is perfectly common.
        Having it happen so regularly that you reliably spend a measurable part of your day wondering why you can’t just “do the thing”, or it starts to have measurable negative impacts on your job, life and relationships isn’t normal.

        Everyone feels down sometimes, but not everyone has a serotonin balance problem.
        Everyone feels difficulty focusing sometimes, but not everyone has a dopamine balance problem.